Wednesday, 6 November 2013

MEDJUGORJE APPARITIONS BANNED/FORBIDDEN

MEDJUGORJE Vatican Commission: Censure on
Apparitions

...according to a
letter sent to the Conference of US Bishops by the Vatican..all alleged
apparitions by Medjugorje Visionaries which occur in U.S. churches are censured
as well the letter goes on to say...

all faithful and
priests...

"are not
permitted to participate in meetings, conferences or public celebrations during
which the credibility of such 'apparitions' would be taken for granted."

the apex of the mind, the illumination of
conscience ("Synteresis"). These

stages are implanted in us by nature,
deformed by sin, reformed by grace,

to be purged by justice, exercised by
knowledge, perfected by wisdom.

…and so we see at MEDJUGORJE the
sense and the imagination have scattered the reason and the intellect…proponents
have felt a stirring at this place and through the imagination have conjured up
many pious feelings and devotions however this is not based in reality…the
reason and the intellect tell us that the Church itself has not come to the
same conclusion and so we must put presumption aside as Thomas Aquinas tells us
regarding pusillanimity(fear of acting within one’s power) and presumption…indeed
many proponents are also guilty of pusillanimity through shrinking from the
greatness they might have attained in charity if they had worked to achieve
obedience which indeed was in their power to apprehend..yet through inordinate
zeal they have become complacent and fallen victim to acedia and many other
unseemly habits...

“According to
its proper species pusillanimity is a graver sin than presumption, since
thereby a man withdraws from good things, which is a very great evil according
to Ethic. iv. Presumption, however, is stated to be "wicked" on
account of pride whence it proceeds"

..indeed we see
presumption stems from the stalk of complacency, the root of which is pride..it is
an evil habit to be avoided..let us look to the humility of the saints to guide
us through the contentious difficult times so that we may find unity in truth
and peace thereafter….

..thank God that
the Vatican has censured the unorthodox Pharisee patterned spirituality of
MEDJUGORJE..and by so doing has sent a message that devotion to Mary is a good
practice yet disobedience to her Son’s Bishops is not so edifying or mystically
apposite….amen